Daily devotion – prayer for Australia
Dan 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes
Australia Day 2023
Last night we gathered to pray for our nation here at Calvary Chapel Secret Harbour. We based our prayer on Daniel’s mighty prayer outline in Daniel chapter 9, when the prophet interceded for His people living in captivity in Babylon at the time.It’s one the great prayers listed in God’s Word which I often used as a prayer guide.
We interceded for our nation seeking God’s forgiveness by confessing the sins of our country before God.
Dan 9:5 “we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments.”
We as a people have been unfaithful to God.
Dan 9:7 “O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You.
We sought God’s mercy and His forgiveness, instead of His judgment for Australia even though we don’t deserve it as nation.
Dan 9:9 “To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him.”
We prayed according to the Lord’s righteousness that He would not judge us as a nation.
Dan 9:16 “O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us.”
Finally, we cried out to the Lord that He would hear our prayer and answer it on behalf of His people living in this nation who call Him Lord and Saviour.
Dan 9:18 “O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies.”
Dan 9:19 “O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
Our nation needs our prayers and I would exhort you to continue to intercede for Australia and that God would turn our hearts back to Him.